Not so me too

Post #27,706 by Gibbo 2/7/02 5:46:02 PM Reply	Not so me too Thankfully I've got a reasonable collection of offline friends. However, I am intimately acquainted with melancholia. It's caused me to some rather bad career limiting maneuvers. To make things difficult I'm now out of work and the job market here is tight.On top of that the unemployment benefit here in Oz is pitiful at best and is managed on the assumption that all receipients are potential fraudsters. Oh and to make matters worse I'm living in an area classified as low unemployment, so if I move elsewhere to try my luck I'd immediately be subject to severe penalties in payment. Just to put it in perspective the maximum suplement without 'extras' is AU$260 per fortnight. To get the extras requires going through a lot of beuracratic hurdles on top of those just to get the basic supplement. And this is supposed to provide assistance while looking for work... Not only that I've got a friend whose bi-polar and is in the throes of a pretty intense episode. On top of that she's started to develop some paranoia. It's bloody hard for a depressive to just be there for a bi-polar. Especially since she's starting to alienate herself from her close friends.
Post #27,709 by boxley 2/7/02 6:41:38 PM Reply	Bi-polar and Paranoia sounds like Grygus's ex-emp Be good and be careful. thanx, bill "If you're half-evil, nothing soothes you more than to think the person you are opposed to is totally evil." Norman Mailer
Post #27,755 by Silverlock 2/7/02 11:49:56 PM Reply	Eh? Grygus's ex-emp What the hell is that? Some Greek mythology I missed? With this much manure around, there must be a pony somewhere.
Post #27,764 by Andrew Grygus 2/8/02 1:26:44 AM Reply	No, no, the (certified) crazy one is . . . . not particularly paranoid, just loony (and subject to depression). The paranoid one is Rose (not her real name (which is also not her real name)), my accounting person, who prefers the terms "privacy" and "prudence" (and is quite concerned that the things I say about Microsoft could negatively impact her job security). Of course, who am I to point fingers? I'm in the "Information Technology" business, prima facia evidence that there's bats in the bell tower. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #27,778 by CRConrad 2/8/02 9:10:10 AM Reply	Uh, Andrew... Can I? Can I, please? Pretty please, with sugar on top? :-) Christian R. Conrad Of course, who am I to point fingers? I'm in the "Information Technology" business, prima facia evidence that there's bats in the bell tower. -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=27764\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #27,787 by Andrew Grygus 2/8/02 10:23:08 AM Reply	Go for it, Dude! The truth must not be concealed. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #28,016 by Ashton 2/11/02 10:32:10 AM Reply	Such unflinching self analysis must not go unpunished, mon fr\ufffdre... During the (previous) Black Tulip Craze.. only a few of the crazies ever.. noticed they were. Information SuperHighway !! Cackle.. Cackle.. Cackle.. Cackle.. Cackle.. Cackle.. Cackle.. Cackle.. Cackle.. Cackle..
Post #27,791 by boxley 2/8/02 10:47:34 AM Reply	uh, oh, the Suomi Jake La Motta is gonna go! :) "If you're half-evil, nothing soothes you more than to think the person you are opposed to is totally evil." Norman Mailer
Post #28,163 by Gibbo 2/12/02 5:53:28 PM 2/12/02 8:17:04 PM Reply	Good news Happiness, My bi-polar friend has started to become 'normal'. She's responded to her medication and therapy and sorted out a few issues. It's reassuring to know that I'm not one of those issues that had to be abandoned. We, being her, myself and her flatmate had a great pig-out on pancakes for Shrove Tuesday. Yum!!!! Edited by Gibbo Feb. 12, 2002, 08:17:04 PM EST Expand All History
Post #28,169 by CRConrad 2/12/02 8:17:20 PM Reply	Glad to hear it - good news makes such a nice change...

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